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(11) EP 0 049 284 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
14.04.1982 Bulletin 1982/15

(21) Application number: 81901096.0

(22) Date of filing: 02.04.1981
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G02F 1/ 01( . )
G02F 1/ 19( . )
G02F 1/ 17( . )
G02F 1/ 23( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1981/000432
(87) International publication number:
WO 1981/002932 (15.10.1981 Gazette 1981/24)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 08.04.1980 US 19800138463

(71) Applicant: HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Los Angeles, California 90045-0066 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • PEPPER, David M.
    Los Angeles, CA 90048 (US)
  • KLEIN, Marvin B.
    Malibu, CA 90265 (US)

(74) Representative: Milhench, Howard Leslie, et al 
A.A. Thornton & Co. Northumberland House 303/306 High Holborn
London, WC1V 7LE
London, WC1V 7LE (GB)

   


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